Monday 29 May 2023

May 29: Mark 10:17-27

Key Verse: Mark 10:21
Jesus looked at him and loved him. ‘One thing you lack,’ he said. ‘Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.’

Devotion:
No matter how good we think we are, we don’t get to Heaven unless we believe in Christ; not just that Jesus was real but He came to die for our sins, was buried and resurrected to defeat our debt we owe for the sins we have done. Sometimes, however, we hold on to the sins without realising just how much we hold on to them.

This rich man begged Jesus to tell him the way he could get to heaven and the response was not what the man was expecting. He obviously thought he was a good person but somehow he knew he would not make it to heaven especially after Jesus told him to sell everything and give to the poor.

Jesus does not just want us to be good people within ourselves and to our families, He wants us to be good to everyone. When we are too focused on the things of this world we do often forget the needy people who are quite close to us but whom we ignore because “they are not our problem!”

When Jesus said we need to love our neighbours as we love ourselves, it was not just to say we need to love those people who live next door! Jesus meant we need to love all of His people. We need to show compassion and mercy to the people who are being ignored by governments and leaders. We need to show love to the people others hate. It does not mean we allow them to get away with things just because they are important people in society!

Points to Ponder:
What gets your focus daily?

Are you willing to give Christ more focus?